Beautiful Gaiden Silica 
So that you may succeed with these inspiring plants and to obviate disappointments, we have selected, after many 
years of experimenting and careful study, from a host of varieties, the limited few that succeed in American 
gardens under ordinary care, when planted in the spring. 
There are many other exquisite kinds with which we succeed, but they should only be planted in the autumn. 
They will be offered in our fall edition of “Beauty From Bulbs.” 
THE GOLDEN-RAYED LILY — LILIUM AURATUM MACRANTHUM IN A HAPPY LOCATION 
AURATUM. There is a lingering charm about the gar- 
den in August. One feels the sense of departing beauty 
and hurries to enjoy what color and fragrance kind Sum- 
mer has left in her flight. One of the best of all her legacies 
is “Auratum,” the golden-rayed lily of Japan, which was 
discovered on the slopes of snow-capped Fujiyama, grow- 
ing wild and untouched in all the glory of its beauty. 
This is one of the noblest of all lilies, favoring a cool, 
thin woodland where it is damp at the roots. Not a wood- 
land plant in the sense that it grows in the thick of the 
forests, but it flourishes on the fringes of the woods, in 
glades and clearings, always among vegetation, which, 
while screening the lower part of the stem and keeping 
the ground cool, leaves the sun free to play on the blooms. 
Given the necessary conditions of shelter (for exposure 
to cold wind invites disease) and of half shade, it can be 
grown in well-prepared holes in other soils. 
These holes may be 4 to 6 feet deep, filled with a mix- 
ture of well-drained peat, and sharp sand, or sandy loam, 
leaf mold and rubbish-heap burnings, with some well- 
rotted manure. Another excellent place to grow these lilies 
is a rhododendron or azalea bed, or any other bed where 
the soil is cool and peaty, and where the young growths 
will be protected by something bushy. 
Auratum is one of the lilies that, in addition to the 
roots that issue from the bulb, has other roots at the base 
of the stem. It should, therefore, be planted deeply, as 
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much as 12 inches, in order to insure that the upper root- 
ing system, which nourishes the growing stem, should be 
well under ground. 
In addition to deep planting, a surface mulching of 
well-rotted manure to keep the ground coo] and give nutri- 
ment, and frequent watering, both to supply moisture to 
the soil and to wash in the goodness of the mulch, are 
desirable for the welfare of the plants. Never plant in soil 
containing lime. A veritable “Peacock among Lilies” and 
very robust. We offer imported Japanese grown bulbs 
only. 
AURATUM MACRANTHUM. (Platyphyllum) This is 
the robust growing form; the stem is stout and attains a 
considerable height, the leaves are broad; enormous flow- 
ers, white, richly spotted yellow. Undoubtedly the choicest 
of all, and, in our opinion, superior to the type. 
Through our connections with the American Govern- 
ment in control in Japan we have been successful in secur- 
ing the same special strain of bulbs that we handled prior 
to the war. They are all especially selected for us and are 
free from disease. 
Jumbo Size 13 to 15 inches in circumference (Limited) 
$1.75 each, $17.00 for 10. 
Extra Large Size 11] to 13 inches in circumference $1.25 
each, $10.00 for 10; $97.50 per 100 . 
Large Size 10 to 11 inches in circumference $1.00 each, 
$9.00 for 10; $87.50 per 100. 
